Greece's Fertility Time Capsule: What a Birth Defies About Age Limits The Greek government's 54 year age limit for women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures has long been seen as an arbitrary benchmark.
The birth of Georgia Rapti Tzelepi on Wednesday, however, has blown that ceiling wide open, raising fundamental questions about what it means to be "too old" for motherhood.
Georgia's mother, Cristina Rapti Tzelepi, made the remarkable decision to use an embryo frozen since 2000 – a staggering 22 years ago.